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Happy Halloween!

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Happy Halloween one and all! Also known as All Hallow’s eve and linked to the Christian All Saint’s Day and of course it’s earliest incarnation the Celtic Samhain! Like many modern western holidays the pagan roots have been partially co-opted by Christianity and more recently … Continue reading →

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A Wealie Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Here’s the photographic evidence of what it’s like to spend Halloween with a Wealie! I’ve also provided some details of how to make the decorations too, for details on the pumpkin costume see my post How to make a pumpkin! This … Continue reading →

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How to make a pumpkin!

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Ruth Weal

The Pumpkin Fred - Copyright R.Weal 2010

If you’ve ever wondered how to make a pumpkin costume here’s how one’s made in the Wealie household. Ben was in charge of the frame and measurements (metal work and mathematics are not my strong suit). I handled the sewing of … Continue reading →

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Wealie Household Pumpkins

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Ruth Weal

As promised here are the Wealie Household’s 2010 Halloween pumpkins. Three pumpkins were carved this week with Ben’s son Dylan down to stay. We’ve been very industrious in creating our Halloween decorations and a pumpkin costume for Dylan. I’ll upload … Continue reading →

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Are you ready for Halloween and Bonfire night?

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Halloween is next weekend and it’s time to get pumpkin carving, stash some treats and get with the scary costume and haunted house prop making! Last year I carved my fist pumpkin, I’ve always left that messy stuff to other … Continue reading →

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New camera has arrived!

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Just a quick note to say the new Pentax K7 arrived the other day and I have taken it out for a test drive, unfortunately due to technical incompatibilities between Photoshop CS3 and the K7 PEF format I wasn’t able … Continue reading →